YOUR ROLE

As a Senior Designer at boohooMAN you'll be responsible for taking ownership of the designing and developing of ranges in line with current trends, customer profiles and brand direction. Within this role you will focus on creating innovative designs for the Active & Sportswear department, using inspiration from a variety of different sources. This role is based out of our MAN office in Ancoats, Central Manchester and working with a strong and influential team of Senior Designers and directly with the Head of Design.

Due to expansions within the team, we are open to different levels of experience within this role. If you're currently a Junior Designer, Designer or Senior Designer please apply as your experience may be relevant!

Once you've applied, if successful someone from our Talent team will confirm a telephone interview to discuss your experience in more depth and answer any questions you have about the role or team.

YOUR TEAM

We’re boohooMAN. Our menswear collections and ground-breaking campaigns have taken the market by storm. We want to be the world’s number one streetwear brand, and our affordable and accessible looks have allowed us to push boundaries and bring the latest styles to life. We focus on our customer’s style and confidence, setting trends and offering choice.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

  • Create active and sportswear specific, business wide trend packs- including moodboards, colour, key shapes and shape updates.
  • Deliver balanced and extensive design research e. g. using directional shopping, fabric fairs, catwalk awareness to create unique stand out product lines
  • Design into trend capsules and collaboration ranges as required, to drive forward the success of the active department.
  • Work collaboratively from concept to completion to ensure alignment of direction across the wider design team.
  • Delivering presentations of the new ranges to senior management, as well as the wider team.
  • Create technical packs consistent for suppliers to translate. Wide technical knowledge utilised to support technical team to create best fit garments reflecting relevant blocks
  • Liaising with peers within the Buying and Merchandising teams to fully support the overall delivery of a profitable and commercial range whilst helping to drive a wider awareness of trend and innovation through the business.
  • Adheres to the brand CP and departmental deadlines to ensure your product is available for all key meetings and deadlines.
  • Travel to our supplier bases for seasonal sourcing of key fabric and new opportunities and ideas.
  • Take ownership of category, ensuring your product is available for all look book / campaigns and ecommerce shoots.

WORKING WITH US
To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, givng them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.

MORE ABOUT YOU

  • Extensive experience using Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
  • Proven experience designing sportswear / athleisure for a similar fast paced retailer.
  • Understanding of technical fabric qualities, details and colours.
  • Confidence in garment design and construction.
  • A team player. Someone who enjoys going above and beyond to support others in the team where needed, especially during peak times.
  • Experience leading projects and managing a team, to support the overall team’s development and growth.
  • Comfortable working at pace. Agility is something you pride yourself on.

WHY JOIN US
Our mission is to create a workplace where everyone is respected, their individual differences are valued, and they can be themselves at work without exception. Beyond this we offer each and every employee the below benefits:

  • There’s up to 40% discount off all our brands
  • Opportunity to take part in Learning and Development training- expanding your knowledge on areas outside of your day to day.
  • Core hours enable you to flex your working times around your needs on an ad hoc basis
  • You’ll get the opportunity to take part in our various share schemes- where your impact on the business will also impact you!
  • Benefits that support your health and wellbeing
  • Our social calendar? Next level!
  • Opportunity to progress both within your brand and also internally across our 12 other fashion brands!
  • With HQs in Manchester and London and offices across the globe, we offer a buzzing atmosphere and the boohoo family culture wherever you work

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